I've used a script to help it out a bit. I think these Windows installers are new. Here's the script I use - it basically sets BOOST_ROOT and BOOST_LIBRARYDIR automatically in some cases. https://gist.github.com/rpavlik/586f1fda6e32777623e1
Ryan On Fri, Nov 14, 2014 at 6:56 AM, Glenn Coombs <glenn.coo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed Boost on Windows 7 for Visual Studio 2013 by running > these installers: > > boost_1_56_0-msvc-12.0-32.exe > boost_1_56_0-msvc-12.0-64.exe > > downloaded from > http://sourceforge.net/projects/boost/files/boost-binaries/1.56.0/. > > I'm using CMake 2.8.12.1 and when I try to build a simple Boost example > using the filesystem library my cmake configuration step fails to find the > required libraries unless I use the BOOST_LIBRARYDIR variable to tell it > where the libraries are: > > set(BOOST_VERSION_NEEDED 1.53.0) > > if (MSVC) > set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS ON) > set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED ON) > set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME ON) > # set(BOOST_LIBRARYDIR /Boost/boost_1_56_0/lib64-msvc-12.0) > endif() > > find_package(Boost ${BOOST_VERSION_NEEDED} REQUIRED COMPONENTS system > filesystem) > > Given that the library directory is where the official Boost installer put > it shouldn't the FindBoost.cmake package be checking that directory by > default ? > > This is the output from CMake: > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:476 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = > 1.56.0;1.56;1.55.0;1.55;1.54.0;1.54;1.53.0;1.53 > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:478 ] Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED = > ON > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:480 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS = ON > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:482 ] Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME > = ON > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:484 ] Boost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS > = > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:486 ] Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS = > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:538 ] Declared as CMake or > Environmental Variables: > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:540 ] BOOST_ROOT = > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:542 ] BOOST_INCLUDEDIR = > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:544 ] BOOST_LIBRARYDIR = > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:546 ] _boost_TEST_VERSIONS = > 1.56.0;1.56;1.55.0;1.55;1.54.0;1.54;1.53.0;1.53 > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:639 ] location of version.hpp: > C:/Boost/boost_1_56_0/boost/version.hpp > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:663 ] version.hpp reveals boost > 1.56.0 > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:739 ] guessed _boost_COMPILER = > -vc120 > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:749 ] _boost_MULTITHREADED = -mt > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:792 ] _boost_RELEASE_ABI_TAG = > -s > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:794 ] _boost_DEBUG_ABI_TAG = > -sgd > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:842 ] > _boost_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DIRS = > C:/Boost/boost_1_56_0/lib;C:/Boost/boost_1_56_0/../lib;C:/Boost/boost_1_56_0/stage/lib;PATHS;C:/boost/lib;C:/boost;/sw/local/lib > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:930 ] Searching for > SYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE: > libboost_system-vc120-mt-s-1_56;libboost_system-vc120-mt-s;libboost_system-mt-s-1_56;libboost_system-mt-s;libboost_system > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:966 ] Searching for > SYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG: > libboost_system-vc120-mt-sgd-1_56;libboost_system-vc120-mt-sgd;libboost_system-mt-sgd-1_56;libboost_system-mt-sgd;libboost_system-mt;libboost_system > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:930 ] Searching for > FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_RELEASE: > libboost_filesystem-vc120-mt-s-1_56;libboost_filesystem-vc120-mt-s;libboost_filesystem-mt-s-1_56;libboost_filesystem-mt-s;libboost_filesystem > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:966 ] Searching for > FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY_DEBUG: > libboost_filesystem-vc120-mt-sgd-1_56;libboost_filesystem-vc120-mt-sgd;libboost_filesystem-mt-sgd-1_56;libboost_filesystem-mt-sgd;libboost_filesystem-mt;libboost_filesystem > > [ C:/Program Files (x86)/CMake > 2.8/share/cmake-2.8/Modules/FindBoost.cmake:1017 ] Boost_FOUND = 1 > > Could NOT find Boost > > Boost version: 1.56.0 > > Boost include path: C:/Boost/boost_1_56_0 > > Could not find the following static Boost libraries: > > boost_system > > boost_filesystem > > No Boost libraries were found. You may need to set BOOST_LIBRARYDIR to the > directory containing Boost libraries or BOOST_ROOT to the location of Boost. > > > As you can see it is looking for a directory called lib rather than > lib64-msvc-12.0. > > -- > Glenn > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake >
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